Sick Giganteae carpet anemone

[djf91]

Hello everyone,

I purchased a blue Giganteae carpet anemone from one the online vendors and it arrived yesterday. It did not arrive in the best condition. Cloudy water and chunks off foo mseneterial filaments floating in the bag. I figured it was probly going to be DOA but placed in a basket in my frag tank regardless. To my surprise it actually appeared that it had two mouths and this was confirmed by the dealer.

It actually started looking much better as the day went on and closed both of it mouths. Lights were turned for a few hours at the end of the day and it seemed to appreciate this.

I got up in the middle of the night to find one of the mouths wide open and expelling waste/mesenterial filaments but the other closed.

Lights have just been turned on for the day and it is closing it mouths again.

I wanted to get everyone’s input on this. I have Cipro and a hospital tank ready to go if needed. See pics.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

#reefsquad

 

[Fish Fan]

I'm sadly not very knowledgeable about these animals, but following to learn more.

I think maybe @OrionN is good with anemone if he's got time to reply.

 

[vandy]

I would immediately put it in cipro treatment and cross your fingers

 

[Tahoe61]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/protocol-for-using-antibiotics-to-treat-infected-anemones.758495/
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/large-anemones-cipro-help.1145686/

Boy I sure hope the Anemone pulls through.

 

[Ocellaris123]

Looks descent in last pic yet still very stressed, if it starts the deflate cycle you will need to treat in qt tank, some would argue to treat asap as most all gigs need it. The condition of the shipping water would have been enough for me to start treatment. Good luck with it and keep us updated. The two mouths is interesting and unique. Hopefully you will have this specimen for years to come

 

[djf91]

Thank you everybody! I will likely place it in Cipro QT when the lights go out here in a few hours.

 

[D-Nak]

I would definitely start treatment ASAP. I've never seen a gig that has shown severe signs of stress ever recover on its own. I've probably seen several hundred at this point, and not ONE has ever recovered without antibiotic treatment.

This is the first time I've seen a gig with two mouths that close to each other. Hopefully it makes it so we can see what happens to the mouths!

 

[Rocks reef]

You should start treating it. The sooner the better.

Hello everyone,

I purchased a blue Giganteae carpet anemone from one the online vendors and it arrived yesterday. It did not arrive in the best condition. Cloudy water and chunks off foo mseneterial filaments floating in the bag. I figured it was probly going to be DOA but placed in a basket in my frag tank regardless. To my surprise it actually appeared that it had two mouths and this was confirmed by the dealer.

It actually started looking much better as the day went on and closed both of it mouths. Lights were turned for a few hours at the end of the day and it seemed to appreciate this.

I got up in the middle of the night to find one of the mouths wide open and expelling waste/mesenterial filaments but the other closed.

Lights have just been turned on for the day and it is closing it mouths again.

I wanted to get everyone’s input on this. I have Cipro and a hospital tank ready to go if needed. See pics.

 

[Hot2na]

Pretty sure I know where u got it ...Good news :I've successfully treated some nasty looking ones from that vendor ..and lost a couple too...

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Sorry top see this. Hope it recovers.

 

[resortez]

Carpet looks very stressed & injured. I would run decent medium flow across the carpet, enough to gently push off any dead flesh, mucus or debris. Also run some carbon to remove any chances of building up excess organics from all the stuff it’s releasing. Along with adding some iodide, medium lighting & increase oxygen by heavily crashing the water surface or big air stone.
Looks to really appreciate your water parameters though, so I would recommend in keeping your parameters steady. It’s gone through a lot, parameters swinging all over the place can induce more harm to the carpet. Good luck

 

[D-Nak]

Carpet looks very stressed & injured. I would run decent medium flow across the carpet, enough to gently push off any dead flesh, mucus or debris. Also run some carbon to remove any chances of building up excess organics from all the stuff it’s releasing. Along with adding some iodide, medium lighting & increase oxygen by heavily crashing the water surface or big air stone.
Looks to really appreciate your water parameters though, so I would recommend in keeping your parameters steady. It’s gone through a lot, parameters swinging all over the place can induce more harm to the carpet. Good luck

It sounds like you're recommending this in lieu of treatment. Is that correct?

I can't stress the importance of starting treatment sooner than later. Even a day makes a huge difference.

 

[resortez]

It sounds like you're recommending this in lieu of treatment. Is that correct?

I can't stress the importance of starting treatment sooner than later. Even a day makes a huge difference.

No, that is not correct.

 

[D-Nak]

No, that is not correct.

Maybe you're saying do both?

In some ways, it sounds like you're recommending not following the Cipro treatment protocol which typically calls for 100% water changes. For example, use of carbon would probably pull out the antibiotic before the gig can ingest enough of it to be effective.

I do agree that proper flow and aeration will help, but too much may cause the anemone to ingest air (which is what I think happened here).

To reduce parameter swings I try to pull from the same batch of salt water for the 100% water changes. This typically means making a large batch of at least 50 gallons, if possible.